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On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:26:23AM +0200, Escape Landsome wrote:
> 
> Unless we are all Misters Spock here, it is very likely you
> already noticed that verbal ambiguity is a boon, at least in some
> situations 

Of course, and Lojban uses it *all the time*.

Where did you get this bizarre idea that Lojban is free of semantic
ambiguity?

-Robin

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